Graduation card

My nephew graduates from high school tonight. His class colors are lime green and black, so that is the color scheme I used for the card.

I used Gable Green cs for the base card. Then I made a sheet of polished stone using 2 shades of Radiant Pearls and a gold Marvy Metallic Marker.

It is mounted on black glossy card stock.

The "congratulations" is from SU. The cap and diploma is a stamp from I Brake for Stamps.

Embrace Life--Chalk Lines

This was done for the May Twice is Nice swap on Stamper's Corner.

The base cs is SU's Soft Sage as is the tag.

The next layer is Handsome Hunter that is embossed with the Cuttlebug Tapestry folder.

The label is the chalk lines technique done in 3 colors of green chalk on shimmer white cs.

The flower and saying are from SU's Embrace Life set.

May COTM

This month's Card of the Month theme was shoes. I had to buy a stamp set from I Brake for Stamps as I didn't have any shoe stamps.

I used two Technique Junkies techniques for this one. Triple Play and Altered Designer Paper. Hope my partner likes it.

Twice Is Nice #1 for May

This is the card I'm sending to my Stamper's Corner Twice is Nice partner for May. The theme is flowers.

Pretty in Pink base card was stamped with SU's Antique Background stamp in Real Red.

The flower is from SU's Echos of Kindness hostess set. I colored with chalks.

Birthday Card

Here is the card I made for my nephew's birthday. Actually I made two of them in different color schemes. My nephew's birthdays are just a day apart.

This one is done in Brocade Blue and Night of Navy. Night of Navy was embossed in the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.

The Brocade Blue was cut with the Nestabilities Labels 3 set.

Stamps are from SU's Computer Quips and Nice and Easy Notes sets.

New Monday Mailer

This is the Monday Mailer I'm sending out to my partner today.

For the first time, I made a card that did not use Stampin Up stamps.

The background is from Technique Junkies and is called Cuttlebug Pearls. I used the textile embossing folder. The Pearl Ex colors are Misty Lavender, Sparkle Gold and Interference Gold.

The base cardstock is a purple I had in the drawer. It's a discontinued SU color (alright, so almost all my cs is SU).

The mask and Dream are from a collage plate by I Break For Stamps. They are stamped on shimmer white cs and mounted on a lavender mulberry paper I got in a swap with a friend. I colored with chalks. This is the first time I've ever used mulberry paper. Hope my partner likes it.

Thinking of you mingle

This one is one I'm doing for one of the monthly mingles on Stamper's Corner.

Base card is Creamy Caramel.

I got the Precious Memories hymn by scanning the song from one of my hymn books. I laid it out using MS Publisher so I could get 4 images on a page. I then printed it on Natural Ivory cs. To give it the aged look, I tore the edges and sponged them with Close to Cocoa ink.

The flowers are from Stampin Up's Memory of the Heart, stamped in black Staz-on on vellum. I colored it from the back with More Mustard, Rose Romance, Yo Yo Yellow and Old Olive markers.

The sentiment was created by printing "Thinking of You" using the Brushed Script font that is standard in Windows in a size 36 on vellum. I immediately took it out of the printer and covered it with a copper black embossing powder and heated it. I tore it too. The vellum is mounted with some vintage colored brads.